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Author:

Barr, James, 1976-

Title:

Setting the desert on fire : T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918 / James Barr.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xii, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arabian Peninsula.
Arab countries--Politics and government--20th century.
Lawrence, T. E.--(Thomas Edward),--1888-1935.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-362) and index.

Contents:

Key figures in this book -- Maps -- A note on the text -- Prologue -- A clear-thinking hatchet man -- Will this do? -- The uprising starts and stutters -- The blame game begins -- The French arrive -- This was the man -- Crisis over Rabigh -- Turning point -- Wajh -- The first railway raids -- Differences over tactics -- Fighting for us on a lie -- Stalemate in the Hijaz -- Triumph at Aqaba -- The impact of Aqaba -- Impolitic truths -- Difficult times -- Gaza and Yarmuk : victory and failure -- Dara or Azrak : where was Lawrence? (15-21 November 1917) -- The Balfour declaration and its aftermath -- Fighting de luxe -- New conditions -- A complete muck-up -- Preparing for the push -- Holding operations -- The Dara raid -- The road to Damascus -- A house with no door -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0393335275
9780393335279
0393060403 (hbk.)
9780393060409 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)154706833

LCCN:

2007039274

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)